Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “American Primeval,” a work of historical fiction centered around the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre in which Mormon militiamen in southwestern Utah slaughtered nearly an entire wagon train of men,

Producers openly admit the six-part series dropping Thursday is highly fictionalized. It centers around 1857 involving the Utah War, Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

The Netflix miniseries is a false depiction that draws on negative stereotypes, writes Matt Grow, managing director of Church History Department for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Brigham Young is a prominent historical figure and a featured antagonist in Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval.

Netflix’s new historical drama “American Primeval” is currently the No. 1 series on the site. But how much of the show and its characters are based on the 1857 Utah War?

There are plenty of Netflix viewers on the hunt for the next thing to watch, and the thriller series American Primeval sounds like it's engaging viewing.

Kim Coates as Brigham Young and Shea Whigham as Jim Bridger (image via Matt Kennedy/Netflix Tudum) Brigham Young was a hugely influential figure in 19th-century America. Known as the "Mormon Moses ...

Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin led the gritty miniseries about a family's trek across the American West in 1857.

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Jim Bridger, played by Shea Whigham, was a real life pioneer who built the town of Fort Bridger, which features in the series and was a real town. Brigham Young, played by Kim Coates, was also a real life figure. He was the head of the Mormon church at the time and had his own army known as the Nauvoo Legion.

The Wild West gets even more wild in Netflix's epic drama 'American Primeval,' which gives the genre a grisly twist.

A brutally violent but compelling Western starring Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin, Netflix's ‘American Primeval’ is a fascinating tale.